Obituaries

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Mckenzie Rae Barnett

Mckenzie Rae Barnett

Mar 29, 2006

McKenzie Rae Barnett, age 15, of Menan died Wednesday March 29, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from injuries she received in an automobile accident. McKenzie was born April 17, 1990 at Jackson Hole Wyoming a daughter of Kristopher Michael Barnett and Jenny Browning Barnett. She attended schools in Menan and Rigby. She enjoyed Photography, History,...

Ramona Joy Hancock

Ramona Joy Hancock

Mar 28, 2006

Ramona Joy Hancock 77, of Lyman died Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. She was born on November 16, 1928 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Wesley Waitsell Russell and Sylvia Elnore Peterson Russell. She was raised and attended school in Rigby. Ramona married Elwood Thomas Hancock on August 26, 1945 in Dillon, Montana. Their...

Kennith Dean Call

Kennith Dean Call

Mar 27, 2006

Kennith Dean Call, age 80, of Rigby, died Monday, March 27, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Kennith was born November 14, 1925 at Idaho Falls, a son of John Omer Call and Sarah Matilda Dinsdale Call. He attended school in Rigby. He served with the U.S. Navy during WWII. He married Della Reece on September...

Mary Lou Lords

Mary Lou Lords

Mar 27, 2006

Mary Lou Lords 74, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, March 27, 2006 at her home in Idaho Falls. Mary Lou was born December 21, 1931 in Rexburg, Idaho, the daughter of Orrin B. Jeppson and Addaline Belnap Jeppson. She grew up in Archer, Malad, and Preston, Idaho attending Rigby Schools, and graduated from Rigby High School. She was an active...

Kay Ben Gunderson

Kay Ben Gunderson

Mar 27, 2006

Kay Ben Gunderson, age 67, of Menan died Monday, March 27, 2006 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Kay was born September 25, 1938 at Menan, Idaho a son of Alvin Vern Gunderson and Erma Matilda Olsen. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1956 and then from Ricks College in 1958. Kay served a LDS Mission to the...

Marjorie Tibbitts Smith

Marjorie Tibbitts Smith

Mar 25, 2006

Marjorie T. Smith age 77, of Rigby, died Saturday, March 25, 2006, at her home from complications of cancer. She was born January 17, 1929 in Rigby, Idaho the daughter of Wayne E. Tibbitts and LaRetta Jones Tibbitts. She attended elementary school in Lorenzo and graduated from Rigby High School. She continued her education attending and graduating from Ricks College...

Richard Carl Powell

Richard Carl Powell

Mar 24, 2006

Richard Carl (Dick) Powell, 74, Rigby, returned home to his Father in Heaven on Friday, March 24, 2006 after an extended illness. He was at his home at the time of his passing. He was born at Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington, June 13, 1931. He was the second of three sons born to Robert Carl Powell and Edna Louise Light Powell....

John Lee Feranchek Jr.

John Lee Feranchek Jr.

Mar 17, 2006

John Lee Feranchek Jr., 61, of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, March 17, 2006 at the hospital in Idaho Falls. John was born April 25, 1944 in Miami, Oklahoma the son of John Lee Feranchek Sr. and Geneva Genell Perkins Feranchek. He was raised in Fairfield, California and attended schools at Armijo High School, Solano Community College and Napa Junior College....

Artella Ann Schneiter

Artella Ann Schneiter

Mar 15, 2006

Artella Ann Schneiter, age 86, of Archer, Idaho died at Madison Memorial Hospital Wednesday, March 15, 2006. Artella was born September 11, 1919, at Archer, Idaho a daughter to George Lelen Weekes and Martha Lavon Galbraith Weekes. She married Erven Clair Schneiter June 24, 1939 in Archer, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple, April 12,...

Sterling Bud Alva Murdock

Sterling Bud Alva Murdock

Mar 15, 2006

Sterling (Bud) Alva Murdock, 81, of Terreton, Idaho died Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at his home. He was born September 16, 1924 in Sugar City, Idaho the son of Sterling Andrew Murdock Sr. and Lorena Ellsworth Murdock. He attended schools in Sugar City and Driggs and graduated from Teton High School in 1942. He lived with his family in Bates...

Everett Peter "Swede" Henrie

Everett Peter "Swede" Henrie

Mar 14, 2006

Everett Peter “Swede” Henrie, age 78, of Archer, formerly of Rigby, died at his home Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Everett was born January 6, 1928 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the son of Peter Thomson Henrie and Bessie Rebecca Hunting Henrie. Everett grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He attended Riverside Elementary School and O.E. Bell Jr. High....

Loretta Rogers Dodge Johnson

Loretta Rogers Dodge Johnson

Mar 12, 2006

Loretta Rogers Dodge Johnson, 73, of Idaho Falls, died at her home Sunday, March 12, 2006. She was born December 20, 1932, in Pocatello a daughter of Guy and Myrtle Jenks Rogers. She grew up and attended schools in Pocatello and Roberts. On March 12, 1952, she married Frank Earl Dodge, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He died November...

Nathan Warren Merrill

Nathan Warren Merrill

Mar 11, 2006

Nathan Warren Merrill, 96, of Ammon formerly of Annis died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born on October 28, 1909, at Annis, Idaho to Warren Lester Merrill and Mary Idell Hall Merrill. He was one of seven children. He attended Annis Elementary School and graduated from the eighth grade....

Frank G. Exler

Frank G. Exler

Mar 11, 2006

Frank G. Exler, 61, of Roberts died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at his home in Roberts. Frank was born on June 30, 1944 at Richmond, California a son of Earl Ambross Exler and Hazel Anna Harnden Exler. He was raised and attended school in Roberts and graduated from Roberts High School. He served in the United States Navy from July...

Esther Anne Taylor

Esther Anne Taylor

Mar 6, 2006

ESTHER Anne Taylor, age 92, of Terreton, Idaho, died Monday, March 6, 2006, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Esther was born August 3, 1913 in Crookston, Nebraska, the daughter of Mathias and Maria Rosa Nollette Boltz. She grew up and attended schools in Valentine, Nebraska, and graduated from St. Mary’s academy in O’Neal, Nebraska. Esther earned her teaching degree from Chadron...

James Leo Delange

James Leo Delange

Feb 27, 2006

James Leo DeLange, age 53, died February 27, 2006 at his home in Idaho Falls of natural Causes. Jimmy was born March 15, 1952 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Nicholis F. DeLange and Rena M. Ward DeLange. The family moved to Redwood City, California when he was 3 years old. He attended Redwood City and Santa Clara, California...

Ralph P. Nield

Ralph P. Nield

Feb 25, 2006

RALPH P. NIELD, age 82 of Ririe, died in the Rexburg Care Center, Saturday, February 25, 2006. Ralph was born July 5, 1923, at Poplar, Idaho the son of Percy LaVell Nield and Ella Amelia Rice Nield. Ralph grew up and attended schools in Ririe, Idaho, and graduated from Ririe High School were he was active in sports. He attended...

Ervonna Bonnie Mae Telford

Ervonna Bonnie Mae Telford

Feb 24, 2006

Bonnie Mae Telford, 79, of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, February 24, 2006 at the Golden Pines Shelter Home in Rigby. Bonnie was born May 23, 1926 at Randolph, Utah the daughter of Robert LeRoy Telford Sr. and Eva Mae Calder Telford. She was raised in Randolph by her grandmother Hannah Brough Telford. She graduated from South Rich High School in...

W. May Carpenter

W. May Carpenter

Feb 24, 2006

W. May Carpenter, age 70, of Ririe, died at her home Friday, February 24, 2006 from cancer. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health. May was born December 1, 1935 at Poplar Idaho a daughter to Eugene Parley Byington and Irene Wanda Hunsaker Byington. She was raised in the Ririe area where she attended Ririe Elementary and Ririe...

Keith Ferrin Jenkins

Keith Ferrin Jenkins

Feb 23, 2006

Keith Ferrin Jenkins, age 79, died Thursday, February 23, 2006 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA following complications of a stroke. Ferrin was born June 2, 1926 in Rigby, Idaho to Keith and Adeline (Moses) Jenkins. He lived there until 1944 when he joined the Merchant Marines. Ferrin traveled from several ports on the Pacific coast then on to...